For the 2012 Archstoyanie in Nikola-Lenivets, Russia, Salto, a design agency, made Fast Track. Measuring nearly 170 ft., it's a trampoline the length of a city block. According to the designers:

“Fast track” is a integral part of park infrastructure, it is a road and an installation at the same time. It challenges the concept of infrastructure that only focuses on technical and functional aspects and tends to be ignorant to its surroundings. “Fast track” is an attempt to create intelligent infrastructure that is emotional and corresponds to the local context. It gives the user a different experience of moving and percieving the environment.

After school, it is time to put down the x-acto knife and chipboard. The newly graduated aspiring architect has a long road ahead that will require a whole new set of tools. I’ve broken down various aspects of the profession of architecture and listed key tools the aspiring architect will need to succeed at those aspects.

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